Side by Side Comparison of: SKLZ vs Yaheetech

I couldn't be more pleased with this training net. So easy to put together, and the kids have had hours of practice and play already. Strong and sturdy construction, so that I don't worry about having to replace it. Should be around for a long time.

So we looked around for a while for a net to put behind my son for soft pitching, pitching practice and eventually found and bought this one. Its BIG... much bigger than others that are much more expensive. I am almost 6 ft and can stand inside the frame of the net. You need to follow the instructions while assembling... and when we store this in the garage we actually leave the poles in, but remove the T-bracket parts (so it stands up, but flat).We are especially happy to say this IS a multi sport net. My daughter has used it for kicking soccer balls, throws, etc. and my 8th grader has used it to practice throwing the football. Its sturdy, durable, does what we need and didn't cost a fortune.

I got it for practicing soccer with the kids, but realized when I set it up that it could be used for baseball or softball too. I noticed the other teams that practice where we do checking it out and asking a lot of questions like how much I paid for it. After a week of use, the kids developed more power and accuracy. Great product and great price.

I bought this for our Softball team expecting it would only be used for soft toss or off the tee batting practice. But after being put in bind for practice space we used this as a backstop for our pitching machine and it works great. I was a little difficult to put it together the first few times, but once you get the hang of it the net goes up in two to three minutes with only one person. It is very durable and I plan on buying a few more before the season is over.

This net has been perfect for soft toss, and pitching practice out in the yard for my nine year old son.during soft toss the net has stood up too about 10 buckets of balls per week, with no signs of damage or tearing yet. Even i have taken some cuts into the net and it had held up nicely. Works good for golf practice as well. During pitching practice, the net is big enough to stop 95% of my sons wild pitches. The net sets up in about 7 to 10 minutes the first time. I leave the net poles in the net and take apart the pole holders, then store it in the garage against the wall, it then sets up next time in about a minute or two. All in all this net has done everything i have needed it to do. For the price i very highly recommend it.

It's a lot bigger than what I thought.. But I understood why it should be that much big after couple of shorts. Golf ball can fly more than what you expected, and it could harm the window glass or anything... Easy to assemble and strong enough be stand in the wind and heavy rain. I feel like I have a golf driving range in my own backyard. I am playing everyday and my golf got improved a lot. Recommend to everyone who looking golf practice.

exactly as described works great now to get my golf game back on track without spending a fortune at the driving range

Ease of putting it together and how it helped my swing

Great for backyard use. Easy to set up; because of it's size it takes 2 people to move around. Lightweight, and would need to use the stakes if in windy area. Works great for me.

I got this for my kids (5&7) to hit softballs and baseballs into, as well as for me to hit golf balls. So far so good. I do not love the design and having to put this together and take it down after. I would like to just fold and store it but unfortunately that is not possible and may be another reason the others are more expensive. For the price you cannot really beat the deal especially if you are only using it once and a while. If I was using this daily I would go with one that folds down and goes up quick because this can take a few minutes to set up and I usually have to have another person with me.Feels fairly sturdy but I will update after a few months.Suggestion, when taking it down do not pull the poles out, push them through.

it works for small areas...a little more sturdy would be great...

It's taller than I anticipated. It is not as fast to set up as I had hoped, so I've just left it staked in the yard. I had hoped to pack it up and take it to the gym for wiffle balls. My son uses it for baseball soft toss and he seems to like it. The net is a bit tight and the balls sometimes come back.Overall, pretty good.

2 years after buying I was looking for aReplacement net as the nylon has ripped in several spots. Got an idea from another review to repair with duct tape. This net has been great- dragged from the garage to outside and back, store flat against the side of the garage wall so it doesn't have to be disassembled for eachuse. Kids and dad enjoyed it for pitching practice, whiffle ball backstop, hitting golf balls.

This will be our third one. The kids use them for soccer and baseball. We leave them up for days and that's when the weather or my landscaper trying to move them, breaks the connecting rods (our fault). Be careful when moving them or you WILL break the fiberglass type rods. Take your time the first few times and get the bottom connectors right or it will collapse easily. I would glue and tape back but it's not worth the headache after a while. At this price, I'll get a new one every six months. Paint the connectors with bright paint, as they will fall off and be hard to find in the grass. Great price, and now we have extra parts from previous purchases.

For the price, this net was worth it. I set it up by myself, though it took about 15 minutes (mostly to figure out how to get the 2 composite linker poles into the connectors). The ends of the two linker poles connect at 90 degrees in a plastic connector (the poles are first threaded through the nylon boarder of the net). The first 3 ends went in without too much trouble but I really had to push with all my strength to get the 4th pole end into the connector. There are 3 little U shaped stakes that are used to hold the net down (if you have a grass yard, those wouldn't work in artificial turf). I just set it up on the side of the yard and left it there. My daughter went out and did T work into the net. Over the course of about 1 year it started to weather and it finally started ripping (first the netting, which I stitched up with some string and then the nylon holding the poles ripped). When the nylon went the net was no longer functional. If you don't have to take it down and put it up, it does just the job we wanted. I'm going to buy another one. If it lasts a year, the $40 cost is well worth it. I definitely would not use this net if I had to set it up and take it down every time we wanted to use it. If you have an old piece of carpet I would put that down in the open area inside the net. Weeds started growing in that area and I think that's what tore the netting. If I had been less lazy it might have lasted a little longer.We have a JUGS pop up net that we take back and forth for use at our team practices. It's easier to set up and take down (...once you get the hang of folding it up).

Very large net. Easier to set up and leave setup than to break it down each time. Stitching ripped out because it wasn't setup exactly correct. Handles batting and pitching of baseballs into it well.

It's not hard to set up if you read the instructions. The net is fine for anything you hit into it. The problem with the net are the poles. They are fiberglass and bend at the joints. After a while, the poles can break off into the metal joints. You can get some pliers and pull the broken off pieces and continue to use the shorter pole(s). If you never disassemble the net, you may not have a problem. They sell replacement poles for a reason. $10 for the poles aren't bad.

Looks great, works ok, but it is flimsy. When you try to feed the frame through the thin cloth material, it is very weak. Ours broke the very first time. Duct tape will fix it for a while. You need to have at least 2 people because you are going to put a lot of stress on the cloth material as you feed the frame through as you have to force it to bend. SKLZ should have made the cloth material much thicker and stronger and doubled the price.The other problem is at the junction of the two frames. It is weak and as the wind hits the huge net, it will cause the frame to twist making the net useless no matter how much weight you use to hold it down.

The net works great, seems like decent construction, but what a pain to setup and take down. The "shock Cord polls" (Like tent polls) often come apart during assembly and diss-assembly. The more you do it, it does get easier to deal with. Looking for one of those easy fold up models soon.

This thing is big. It does say "7'" right in the title, but it didn't really hit me until I got it all setup. It Works OK as a backstop when I am soft tossing to my son to hit baseballs (it is a pain because everything goes to the back of the net). I works even better when he hits off a Tee into the net. It also works well for stopping golf balls, even full swing driver shots if it is staked down.Now for the cons. I can't say enough how big this thing is. It is unwieldy to move around. It is a real pain to store when it is assembled, and I really hate tearing it all apart and putting it together every time I want to use it. Also, after one season of use, I have the beginning of a hole in on of the nylon sleeves, all of the connectors on the shock-cord poles are cock-eyed, and I don't think for a second that the plastic corner pieces will make it through another year. I'm not sure I'd buy this item again.

First of all, once assembled the net works well. I have 13 and 14 year old boys hitting baseballs into it and it stands up to the abuse.The good:Low priceNet will catch hard hit balls easilyLooks goodComes in a nice compact carrying bagThe bad:It's not that easy to set up or take downThe tent like poles used ripped though the nylon the second time we used it (I think this was partially our fault)When you hit balls into the net they get stuck way in the back and you have to crawl in to retrieve them

Fairly easy to assemble. Target tore off after the first hour of use. Kind of cheap but for the money cant really expect much.

Was not as easy to assemble as stated. Ended up tearing during installation. Balls did not stay in that but they bounced back. My daughter did not like it after two days we decided to return it. Not satisfied

One of the "L" Brackets that stands up the frame broke the second time I tried to set it up. The other "L" Bracket broke a few times later and now I can't find replacement "L" Brackets.

I wanted to like it. We only got about a week of use out of this net. Net ripped on the first day of practice, which is to be expected in any practice net. However, it was useless after multiple tears were produced after continued BP. The final straw was the pole snapping after the second take down. Much better products can be bought. You get what you pay. However, keep in mind Baseball and Softball equipment is "made to throw away". Everything has a lifespan. This one is just really short...

The elastic bungy that threads through the framing poles came apart after 4 or 5 uses. I havent been able to get the bungy strings back through all the poles so its basically useless for me with out the framing.

Didn't last very long and apparently it isn't meant to be left outside... After a couple of months of being in my backyard the sun apparently weakened the net... I hit a softball off a tee and it flew right through the net. Recommend putting it away after each use...

Bought this to put in my backyard for my 8 year old daughter to practice hitting into. It only lasted a week.1. The poles were too long. I tried and tried and couldn't figure out why the poles would not bend enough to get into the ends of the netting only to finally realize that they were too long. After I cut off one section of the "tent" poles, they fit. Not a super hard fix, but I should not have to change it at all. Work on your QC guys.2. After about a week, a section of both poles broke off inside the metal connectors (which is not fixable). It's not just sitting in my yard in a pile...3. I bought this one because of price and the fact that it said "portable" because I wanted to take it to games for my players to warm up with. It's not nearly as portable as some of the other ones. You can definitely take it down and move it when needed, but it's not the quick, foldable kind that I was really looking for. You basically have to take out all the poles, and then re-thread them at your location. Sure, it doesn't take a super long time, but I was really wanting something that folded up quickly.It's a super cheap option compared to some of the other items, but cheap still isn't good enough if it doesn't work. If they would use better poles, I think it would be fine for a stationary thing to keep in my back yard, but now we can't use it.

Very cheap, DO NOT BUY!!!! Ripped a hole right through it the very first time I hit the ball into it. And the second time too! Guess it's only made to tap in lightly!!! Way over priced for what you get!!! It's just a tent with cheap netting. Better off just using a tent and cutting off one side.

Net came ripped

I should have paid more attention to the reviews before buying this product. It is a really big waste of money. I waited a while after receiving this product to start using it so I could not return it. First, the pole broke within about a week and it was not from abuse or misuse. It just broke on it's own while it was setup. I tried to take it down to see if I could fix the broken pole and the bungie cord holding it together broke. Ugh!. Second, unlike the PowerNet Baseball and Softball Practice Net 7 x 7 with bow frame product, retrieving the balls is more difficult. Third, this has a huge footprint and takes up a lot of space. It is NOT easy to setup and take down. I urge you to not buy this product. I highly recommend the Powernet product as it is well made, easy to setup and takedown, easy to retrieve the balls you have hit.

It's a low price but it's low quality. Received my net Less than two weeks ago and it already snapped a support rod and it has cracked elbow brackets. My 5 year old tee ball player is not a happy camper....

No instructions, box was taped up and I believe some of the parts are missing. It doesn't stand on its own using buckets of water to stand it up. Looking at the picture it looks like there are two plastic corner pieces that the supports fit so it stands....didn't receive those parts. Hard to tell what is missing if anything since the instructions didn't come with it. Not a new product by any means, net was stained. Have purchased often from amazon and this is the first time I was disappointed. Not happy!

Complete junk! I set up the net and we used it, no problem. Went out the next day and the bottom (tent pole) had snapped in half overnight. Now it won't stand up and is complete garbage. I waited over 90 days to use it for the first time now I'm completely out $55 bucks for a piece of junk net. DO NOT BUY, SAVE YOURSELF THE TIME AND MONEY!Update: After contacting SKLZ customer service, they agreed to send me a new net. Great customer service, but still a sketchy product. Morale of the story, you get what you pay for.

I got this net for my kids to practice hitting baseballs into. This is not a quick set up and take down net. It comes with a convenient travel bag, but I'm leaving it up because my kids wouldn't be able to set it up alone. The main reason for the low review is, after just a week of using the net, the cheap material at the bottom of the net has torn, exposing the inside pole. I will either have to look into returning it or duct tape it back together.

Purchased this net for my 8 year old son to practice hitting in the backyard. I was tired of having to go to the neighbors to get balls that went over the fence. I read the reviews so there was no surprise in the setup. It's like a tent, 2 long segmented poles connected together by a bungie fed into 2 different sleeves then they connect to a "L" shaped plastic piece so that one arc is on the ground & one arc is in the air.So I set it up & my son hit about 3 full buckets of balls into it. We came inside, had diner & I went back out to take it down. I started to remove one of the poles and realized the bungie was gone. I guess the knot that was tied at the end to prevent it from going through the pole had come undone. I thought I could just feed it back through but there is no way to do that because their are small plastic pieces inside the poles that would make it very difficult. It was then that I realized that the metal sleeves that hold the poles together had also bent. I'm sure this is not a huge problem but it just seemed that it I spent money for something I shouldn't be having all of these issues the first time it was set up.I returned this net to Amazon & ordered SKLZ Quickster Net. It is more money but cheaper than others and built much better than this net.If you want a net that is easy to put up & seems like it will last a while I would look elsewhere.

This was not easy to assemble as others have stated. The item was cheaply made and when we tried to return the item and mentioned the directions were in a foreign language, the company's customer service advised us "pls kindly find others to help you read it or you can use dictionaries to get the meaning" and told us to "have a nice day". Unacceptable.

The first time I het ball in to the target, the things that held the target up broke. Then after that I het a ball into the net and it went straight through. Then I said ok no big deal let me use a less powerful golf club. Next I picked a less powerful golf club and I hit into the net and another hole. I say ok it's in the corner let me use an even less powerful golf club. So I use the less powerful golf club puts a hole in it again. So I want my freaking money back.

Very cheap, broke trying to setup. You get what you pay for.

Already broken cheap post